Sex discrimination | Pregnant policewoman stripped of duties wins discrimination case

According to the Daily Mail, a policewoman was stripped of her front-line roles and given desk-bound duties because of her pregnancy and has since won a sex discrimination case against her employer.

PC Natalie Town was reportedly considered to be fit to continue working, according to a risk assessment carried out by her boss on the day of finding out that she was pregnant.

Town was happy to make some adjustments to her role including wearing plain clothes and restricting the number of night shift to “assist with tiredness”, though she made it explicitly clear to her employer that she wanted to stay on front-line duties – an employment tribunal heard.

However, bosses went against Town’s wishes and her superiors reportedly forced her into an office role as they thought it was “safe and suitable for a pregnant woman”.